Edward kirby bottle



(No Model.)

' 91. K. BOTTLE, MANIFOLD MEMORANDUM BOOK.

No. 469,929. Patented Man, 1892.

INVENTOR.

3 I WITNESSES:

7f 0% /;9 ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NElV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE CARTER 6: COMPANY, LIMITED, OF SAME PLACE.

MANIFOLDMEMORANDUM-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 469,929, dated March 1, 1892.

I Application filed July 20, I891. Serial No. 400,075. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE, of Niagara- Falls, in the county of Niagara, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Manifold Memorandum-Books, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of duplicate memorandum-books in which a series of memorandum-leaves is blocked with a carbon-sheet or transfer-leaf in such a manner as to allow the latter to be introduced between two of the memorandum-leaves, and thereby produce on the underlying leaf a duplicate of the memorandum written on the superposed leaf. A

The chief object of my present invention is to provide the memorandum-book with simple, inexpensive, and efficient means for detachably connecting the block of memorandum-leaves to the back-support without leaving stubs of said leaves in thebook and to that end the invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of a memorandum-book embodying my improvements and showing the same in its open position. Fig.2 is a longitudinal section on line on m, Fig. 1, with the memorandum-leafand its copy raised from the block, and the transfer-leaf thrown off from the same preparatory to severing the said memorandum-leaves from the block. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the metal plate to which the block of memorandum-leaves and transfer-leaf are secured, and Fig.4 is an enlarged longitudinal section on line y y, Fig. 1, minus the memorandum-leaves and transferleaf.

0 c c, &c., represent a series of memorandum-leaves'piled in block or book form and preferably formed of a continuous web of paper folded endwise successively and alternately in opposite directions, and perforated along the. lines of foldings to facilitate the operation of separating the leaves.

(2 denotes the carbon-sheet or transfer-leaf, which is inserted between the top leaf 0 and its subjacent memorandum-leaf with the carbon side of the leaf d next to the underlying leaf 0 to transfer upon the latter a copy of the memorandum Written upon the top leaf. Said block of memorandum-leaves with the transfer-leaf d I employ in connection with a suitable supporting-back B, and'preferably connect to the latter a cover B to inclose the aforesaid leaves and protect the same from becoming soiled or worn while carried'in the pocket of the user.

- I secure the block of leaves to the back B by means of a plate, preferably of sheet metal,

bent L-shaped in cross-section, and firmly secured by its base to the upper end portion of r the back B, the remainder of the said metal plate forming a vertical wall h across the end of the back 13. For securing said plate to the back I prefer to provide the former with slots at a for the reception of bands-e, or other suitable fastening devices, by which the plate is attached to'the back B. I also provide the vertical wall h of said plate with hooks b b, which may be stamped up from the sheet metal and stand with their points downward or toward the back B, and on these hooks I hang the transfer-leaf d. To the base h of the metal plate is rigidly attached a spur t, which projects from the plane of the back and has its free end pointed and its stem or body provided with notches or screw-threads or other suitable serrations, for the purpose hereinafter explained.

The block of memorandum-leaves I attach at one end to the metal plate by forcing the 8 5 spur t through said block in such a position as to cause the upper end of the block to abut against the vertical Wall h and thereby prevent the block from turning on the spur, the transfer-leaf d being previously thrown over the top of the back B to allow it to be placed upon the block of memorandumleaves after they have been secured to the spur t, as aforesaid. Said spur, together with the abutment against the end wall h, confines 5 the block of memorandum-sheets in proper position on the back 13, and the notched or serrated stem of the spur prevents the bottom leaves from being pulled off from the spur, while the two upper leaves are raised roo and drawn off from the. end of the spur and separated from the web of paper. The end of the block bearing on the end of the transferleaf (1 effectually prevents the latter from being pulled off from the hooks b b.

It will be observed that by the employment of the spurt in the manner aforesaid I obtain a most simple, convenient, and efficient means of connecting the block of memorandum-leaves to the back B, and the leaves are allowed to be separated from the block without leaving any stubs in the book.

The block of leaves lies with the free end of its top leaf toward the upper end of the back to which the transfer-leaf d is attached, and in using theloook the latter leaf is introduced between the two uppermost memorandune-leaves c c. The memorandum is written upon the top leaf and the same is duplicated upon the underlying memorandum-leaf by the transfer-leaf d, which has its carbon surface downward. To separate the two memorandumdeaves from each other and from the block, the user of the book takes hold of the upper corner of the top leaf and lifts the same, together with the adjacent memorandum-leaf, sufficiently to cause the transfer-leaf d to fall by gravity from between the two leaves 0 c and on the top of the book, the latter two leaves being then torn assunder and from the bIC Ck; I I

To arran e the book forsubsequent use, the user raises by the fingers of one hand the next top-leaf c and inclines the top of the book toward him so as to cause the transfer-leaf d to fall over upon the second leaf 0, and then the top leaf is upon the back of the transfer-leaf ready to receive the next memorandum.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a duplicate memorandum-book, the combination, with the back 13, of a separate metal plate L-shaped incross-section and secured by its base to the upper end of the back and with its vertical wall h, extending across said end of the back, the spur t, fixed to the base of said metal plate, the block of memorandum leaves pierced by said spur, and the carbon-sheet confined at its upper end between the end of said block of leaves and the vertical wall of the aforesaid plate, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the back B, of a metal plate L-shaped in cross-section and secured by its base to the upper end of the back, hooks projecting downwardfrom the vertical wall of said plate, the carbon-sheet hung on said hooks, and the block of memorandumleaves secured to the base of the metal plate and bearing with its end on the attached end of the carbon-sheet, substantially as described and shown.

3. The combination, with the back B, of the metal plate h h, of L shape in cross-section, secured by its base to the upper end of the back, the spur t, fixed to the base of said plate and having a pointed free end and a serrated body, the hooks b'b, projecting-down ward from the vertical wall of the metal plate, the carhon-sheet hung on said hooks, and the block of memorandum-leaves pierced by the spur and bearing on the attached end of the memorandum-leaf, substantially as described and shown. p

4. The combination, with the back B, of the metal plate 71. h, of L shape in cross-section and provided with slots a a, and bands e passing through said slots'and securing the metal plate to the back, as set forth.

5. The combination, with the back B, of the metal plate h h, of L shape in cross-section and secured to the upper end of the aforesaid back, the spurt and hooks b b, projecting from the plate, the transfer-leaf d, hung on said hooks, and the series of memoraudumleaves formed of a continuous Web folded successively and alternately in opposite directions, and receiving through one end of the folded web the spurt, substantially as described and shown. 7

In testimonywhereof I have hereuntosigned my name this 9th dayof July, 1891.

EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE. [Li 5.] 

